Architecture of Photography

Authors

• Roberto Collovà

  Roberto Collovà, architect and photographer lives in Palermo. He has taught Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture in Palermo, at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio from 2001 to 2006, and at architecture schools in various European cities. He founded the Randazzo-focus Photography Gallery in Palermo (‘87/’89), which has held twenty-two exhibitions and published several photography books. He won the IN-ARCH Award for Design 1991 and Gubbio Prize 1996 for architecture in historic centres, and was also a finalist for the Mies van der Rohe Award 1990 and the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture 2003. he was a commissioner... in the Jury for the Mies van Der Rohe Award 2005, Advisor for the BSI Swiss Architectural Award 2008 and the Young Architects Program MAXXI-MoMa PS 2011/2015.
  His projects and writings are published in various Italian and European books and magazines.
  His photographs are published in several Italian and foreign architecture magazines.
  Books include: S. Braida Santamaura, Palermo Viva. Monumenti e Opere d’Arte da Salvare, (Palermo: Rotary Club 1972); Viaggio a Palermo (Palermo: Randazzo-focus, 1987); In Prospective N PROSPECTIVE, vol. collet. (Reggio Emilia: Comune Reggio Emilia, 1990); Alimena, (Palermo: Comune Alimena, 1995); R. Collovà, Giardino di giardini. Azioni sulla costa sud, 2018 (Palermo: PalermoManifesta, 2018).